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Nothing wrong with just a flat - you can still whack off some of it and prep like burnt ends - point or flat, they still are delicious.

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ive never truly made a good brisket. foil or not. so i havent found my happy point yet. but i can tell u that my bark has never been the same since foiling.

last brisket i did i tried to foil from like 160-185 and then let it ride without foil till it was probing good. hoping the bark would firm up again before pulling it off. didnt work the best. but it was my best brisket to date. a little dry tho, and hard to slice bc it was so crumbly --->overdone. but the bark still didnt get back to where it used to be. i think im gonna try again next time with no foil and see how it goes. i miss that real good bark that just SCREAAMS of flavor.

i'm another that has never foiled and the brisket comes out nice. i usually do packers but did a flat for a co-worker and it came out well and his guests loved it. as for the burnt ends, i second the notion that you can just chomp up some of the "well" done edges and they are "burnt end" like and very good. good luck. i'm not sure where in new england you are located, but if you are anywhere near worcester, i get my whole packers at Fairway beef just off 290. i don't recall what i paid but it was comparable to BJ's which only sells the flats now.